Heated Conservative leadership race could cause ‘some bleed,’ but desire to win government will keep party united, say strategists

Strategists agree that a desire to surpass the Liberals in the next federal election will likely override any division within the Conservative Party after the leadership race concludes next September.
The candidates in the Conservative leadership race are, clockwise from top left, Pierre Poilievre, Jean Charest, Leslyn Lewis, Scott Aitchison, Roman Baber, and Patrick Brown.
Amidst one of the most heated and divisive political leadership races in recent memory, Conservative strategists argue the party's desire to win government in the next election could be enough to keep the party united, no matter the result—and no matter how ugly it might get along the way. “I t...

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